OIC Chief participates in UN General Assembly Session

Jeddah, September 16, SPA -- The Secretary General of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglu, will leave here later today for New York, to take part in the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly.

The Secretary General will meet with the UN Secretary General, Ban
Ki-moon. Discussions between the two officials are expected to
revolve around the prospects of cooperation in various fields between
the OIC and the UN. He will also attend the Annual Coordination
Meeting of OIC Foreign Ministers.


Ihsanoglu's meetings agenda while in New York includes meetings with
the heads of the delegations of Senegal and Uganda with the objective
of studying and evaluating the outcome of the implementation of
adopted resolutions since the 11th Islamic Summit held in Dakar,
Senegal, and the 35th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers
held in Kampala, Uganda.

In addition to the meeting to be convened by the OIC Committee on
Palestine, meetings by the Contact Groups on Iraq, Sierra Leone,
Jammu and Kashmir and Somalia will also be held, according to a press
release of the OIC.


On the sidelines of the 63rd Session of the General Assembly, the
Secretary General will hold meetings with a number of heads of state
and government and foreign ministers participating in the General
Assembly Session in order to discuss issues of common concern. In
this context, the Annual OIC- EU Troika Coordination Meeting will be
held.


It should be noted that Ihsanoglu will deliver lectures at a number
of universities and research centers, notably Columbia and New York
Universities. He will also hold a number of press conferences and
interviews.

--SPA